HMRC records show 30 businesses trading internationally from Monmouthshire over the last six months. It ranks 15 of 18 trading locations in Gwent. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, iron and steel articles, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.2% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
96Import declarations▼ 28.9% on the 6 months before
50Export declarations
−8.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
30Trading businesses
Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
Ranked by declaration volume and months active. Hover any bar in the 24-month indicators for that month's figures. Log in for keyword search and HMRC category filters across all 30 businesses.
★ Most active in MonmouthshireFiled more customs declarations than any other Monmouthshire business over the last six months — roughly 4% of the town's total import activity, mostly in printed books and media.
Most active business
AMATI INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
4 import declarations26 export declarationsNP15 *Ch. 49Ch. 92Ch. 97Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include violins and other string instruments, antiques, over 100 but at most 250 years old, antiques, over 250 years old.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GRID XITEK LIMITED
13 import declarations2 export declarationsNP15 *Ch. 39Ch. 70Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s., instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s., articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619).
▲ Expected to increase by 28.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MERTON-WILLIAMS METAL COMPANY LTD
1 import declarations8 export declarationsNP15 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 3 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bars, rods and profiles, of copper-zinc base alloys "brass", n.e.s., bars and rods of stainless steel, only hot-rolled, only hot-drawn or only hot-extruded, of circular cross-section, polytetrafluoroethylene, in primary forms.
▼ Expected to slow by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FRANK SUTTON LTD
17 import declarations2 export declarationsNP15 *Ch. 63Ch. 82Ch. 84Ch. 87Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include self-propelled front-end shovel loaders, parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s., agricultural or horticultural mechanical appliances, whether or not hand-operated, for projecting or dispersing liquids or powders (excl. sprayers).
▲ Expected to increase by 80.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LIQUID SOLUTIONS ASSOCIATES LTD
16 import declarations3 export declarationsNP15 *Ch. 38Ch. 73Ch. 84Ch. 85Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; machinery for aerating beverages, parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s., tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, of iron or steel, for any material, of a capacity of >= 50 l but <= 300 l, n.e.s. (excl. containers for compressed or liquefied gas, or containers fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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What Monmouthshire trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 30 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Violins and other string instrumentsAntiques, over 100 but at most 250 years oldLubricant preparations, incl. cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould-release preparations, based on lubricants but not containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil (excl. pMachinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; machinery for aerating beveragesMeat of swine, salted, in brine, dried or smoked (excl. hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, and bellies and cuts thereof)Parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s.Machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.Transformers having a power handling capacity <= 1 kVA (excl. liquid dielectric transformers)
Common questions about trade in Monmouthshire
How many businesses import or export from Monmouthshire?
HMRC customs records show 30 businesses in Monmouthshire (NP15) filed declarations over the last six months — 96 import declarations and 50 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Monmouthshire businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Monmouthshire traders the leading goods are violins and other string instruments, antiques, over 100 but at most 250 years old, lubricant preparations, incl. cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould-release preparations, based on lubricants but not containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil (excl. p, machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; machinery for aerating beverages. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Monmouthshire growing?
Import activity is down 28.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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